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Thanks Allie, It looks from the quantities that this will indeed make 2 gallons, so I'm thinking I could split into 2 x gallon jars and add oak chips to one only, to compare. the brand is Greenways, btw. I love this winemaking lark, you never know what's around the bend do you? Thanks for...

Hi all, I have 4 litres of 'drinking' dark grape juice with no additives (except vitamin c) (store bought) and I have an old recipe book that has a very simple recipe for grape and mixed berry wine, I'm keen to give it a go and would also like to try using oak chips in this one. When and how do...

ok, thanks for that

Yeah, I've heard of a few having explosions here!

Hi Luc, Was wondering if you could clear something up for me... I was told methyl alcohol is produced from 'wood' product i.e., pips, stems etc, hence why we should be careful not to let pips and stones etc in the must. AND ethyl alcohol is from flesh and juice and is more desirable...

is it not legal in canada to brew spirits?

Ummm, depends what I'm up to, no more than a bottle..at a time...

A glass of my own wine each night and a few extra on the weekend....and i was worried ....!!!!.....

Tom, would you mind giving up the recipe for strawberry/ kiwifruit wine please? It's almost strawberry season here and I have mega-tonnes of kiwifruit at my disposal!!! Not sure if I could cope with doubling the 23 litres, it took me all weekend to bottle this lot LOL!!!!! ( including sampling...

Ok, I still consider myself a beginner so I'm posting here. I just bottled the BEST kiwifruit wine (that's kiwifruit, not kiwi, kiwis are birds and don't make great wine LOL). 23 litres of bottled poetry, yahoo! what to make next...hmmm....

Nah, every time I've visited Waiheke I've walked or jumped on a bus. don't waste your $ on car. have fun! Go to the mud brick winery restaurant...gorgeous! Post when you headn for Hamilton, we may just set up a meeting at my cafe (all 2 of us, plus you, that makes 4, and maybe a couple of...

Here's the coffee wine recipe Dirty Dog: boil together for half an hour: 1.5 tablespoons instant coffee, 1.1kg sugar, rind of 2 lemons (no pith), 3 litres water. Strain cool to 20oc add nutrients, strained juice of 2 lemons, test sg add sugar if needed Sprinkle on yeast and stir cover and...

Hi all, I'm very excited to be ready to stabilise and bottle my kiwifruit wine. I feel it needs sweetening and I'm unsure how to begin. Do I stabilise first? and how many campden tabs (23litres), how much potasium sorbate? do I need both? It has clarified and stopped fizzing naturally but...

No! Banana Gravy is the BEST clarifyer, crystal clear in 3-4 days. it also adds body which is why I was avoiding using it in my coffee wine coz it has plenty of body already!!! It really does work a treat without adding any banana flavour at all. You take about a kilo of black but not rotten...

Thanks Allie I'll leave a while longer then and check in a few days

Hi all, My kiwifruit wine has been doing very nicely in a 23litre carboy. I racked it off the lees yesterday and topped up with water, replaced airlock. Before racking it was bubbling away nicely and I got an sg reading of 0.999. Today, no activity at all. Should I assume finished and degass...

Ok, Thanks Allie!

Trying to go naturally, but am thinking about adding banana gravy

Hi Tom excuse my ignorance but what's cello and what's Ever Clear? Thanks

Hi All! My coffee wine is having trouble clarifying and also degassing. I'm pretty sure it is because of the temperature, things are warming up here and my little shed just isn't cool enough anymore. I was wondering if it would be worth putting into the chiller at work for a couple of days or...